Festuca alpina

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Festuca alpina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species:
F. alpina
Binomial name
Festuca alpina
Synonyms [1]
  • Festuca alpina var. gaucheri(St.-Yves) Kerguélen, (1975)
  • Festuca alpina subsp. riveraeChas, Kerguélen & Plonka, (1993)
  • Festuca alpina var. subviolaceaDucommun, (1869)
  • Festuca alpina var. suteriSt.-Yves, Litard., (1922)
  • Festuca alpina var. viridisDucommun, (1869)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. alpina(Suter) W.D.J.Koch, (1838)
  • Festuca ovina var. suteriSt.-Yves, (1922)
  • Festuca malyiWidder, God. Biol. Inst. Sarajevu (1953)
  • Festuca micevskianaKostad., Godišen Zborn., (2005)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. gaucheri(St.-Yves) St.-Yves, (1923)
  • Festuca ovina var. gaucheriSt.-Yves,(1922)
  • Poa ovina var. alpina(Suter) Wimm. & Grab., (1827)

Festuca alpina, also known as the alphine fescue, is a species of grass in the genus Festuca . [2] It grows in rocky habitats in many of the mountain chains across Europe, [3] in the countries of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. [1]

Contents

When regarded as an aggregate group, the Festuca alpina group includes a number of other taxa, with Festuca alfrediana as the most notable. [3]

Characteristics

Leaves

Festuca alpina can grow up to 6 to 20 centimetres high. Its leaves are curled into bristles, are less than 0.5 millimetres wide, and have a green hue. Leaf sheaths of non-flowering shoots are closed to about the middle.

Flowers

Ligules are less than 0.5 millimetres long, its panicles are 1.5 to 3 centimetres long, and its spikelets are 6 centimetres long in a pale green hue. Lemmas are about 3.5 to 4.2 millimetres in length, with awns about 3 to 4 millimetres long. Its anthers are between 0.8 and 1.5 millimetres in length (rarely up to 2mm), while its ovaries are glabrous. Flowering period: July to August. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Festuca alpina Suter". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Festuca alpina Suter". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 Foggi, Bruno; Parolo, Gilberto; Šmarda, Petr (December 2012). "Revision of the Festuca alpina group ( Festuca section Festuca , Poaceae) in Europe: Festuca alpina in Europe". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (4): 618–639. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01313.x . Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Festuca alpina Suter". Info Flora. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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